HOW ALEKSANDER BARKOV IS HELPING THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS BIG TIME

HOW ALEKSANDER BARKOV IS HELPING THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS BIG TIME

So, by now you have probably seen the devastating news for the Florida Panthers from yesterday that Captain Alexander Barov is going to be out for a while after a freak injury sustained during practice in which he was forced to have surgery on. I mean, all the tweets go out there and say it. Andy Slater was one of the first from yesterday morning. Tough news for the Florida Panthers. Barov is expected to miss the entire season after being injured during practice. I’ve learned. Now, of course, we did have ourselves an official Florida Panther statement on the matter. Let’s just pull that up right here. Captain Alexander Barov suffered injuries to his anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament at yesterday’s practice. Yesterday, he underwent successful surgery by Dr. John Urri at Baptist Health Doctor’s Hospital. He’ll be re-evaluated on an ongoing basis and the expected recovery timeline for these injuries is 7 to 9 months. Now, 7 to9 months is not specific. There’s literally a two-month gap in between the low and the high. But depending on how quickly Alexander Barov is able to recover, this guy is probably going to be out for the Olympics. He’s going to be out for most likely the entire regular season and then even a good chunk of the playoffs. But here, here, here. Wait a minute, folks. Just because we can think about him coming back during playoff time doesn’t necessarily mean we can guarantee that the Panthers even make the playoffs, right? I mean, you take a look at what the Florida Panthers have right now. No Matthew Kachchuck. He’s out till January. No Alex Barov. He’s out till April. This is the team on paper. And I’d say that the team is definitely weaker without the presence of those two superstars. But why am I even making a video talking about the idea of Florida missing the playoffs or them not doing as well because Barov’s out? Surprise, surprise. Barov’s a good player, so losing him will make your team worse, right? Why is that the topic of today’s conversation? Well, it’s because of a talking point posted out there by Marco Demo. Look at this. The fact that Alexander Barov is out is a massive blow for the Panthers, who are already without Matthew Kachchuck till at least December. The Atlantic will be a little more interesting this season, it seems. The reason this tweet is relevant is because Marco Demo expanded even further yesterday morning. Not that I think it’ll come to this, but it’s worth noting that the Florida Panthers 2026 first round pick is not protected. The condition was the pick sliding to 2027 if the Panthers traded their 2026 first before the 2025 draft, which they did not. This could give the Chicago Blackhawks two shots at the lottery. Marco Demo, what did you just do? The Florida Panthers 2026 first round pick does belong to Chicago and it was given to Chicago via the Seth Jones trade from a while ago. This trade happened on March 1st, 2025 where the Chicago Blackhawks sent Seth Jarvis Jarvis. Oh my goodness, did I just say that? Oh my gosh. Seth Jones over to the Florida Panthers with 25 million bucks salary retained. The acquired cap hit is 7 million bucks. He was in year three of eight. So his contract goes on till 2030. 7 million bucks a year for the Florida Panthers. Seth Jones is going to be on their team. Pretty good player, I’d say, especially in that system. He was a lot worse in Chicago. I don’t know if you noticed, but the Florida Panthers acquired Seth Jones and a 2026 fourthround pick from Chicago in exchange for Spencer Knight and that 2026 first. What was Elliot Freriedman talking about? the entire 32 thoughts podcast this past week. He was talking about how 26 first round picks are seen as a commodity nowadays because NHL teams that are looking to acquire big names like Seth Jones for example the trade deadline or other names throughout the course of the off season. these other teams might be scared of trading away their first round picks because this upcoming draft there is a superstar prospect so good that he can be seen as the next franchise guy. Gavin McKenna is going to go first overall in 2026 and most NHL teams are scared to trade away their only chance at getting him. At least this early on into the fray. Florida did it last year during the playoffs because or not the playoffs, during the trade deadline, excuse me. Yeah, they didn’t trade away the pick during the playoffs, but they loaded up for the 2025 playoffs because they knew, hey, we won a cup in 2024, we could do it again 2025, that’s exactly what they did. But now Marco Tikico is going out there and saying that yeah, now that Barov is out in Florida, now that Kachchuck is also out in Florida, not that it’ll come to this, but maybe it’s worth paying attention as to how well the Florida Panthers will perform this upcoming season, how well this roster will perform this upcoming season. Because if by some not totally unrealistic turn of events, this team fails to do as well as we think a twice triple time Stanley Cup championship caliber team should be able to do. If they end up missing the playoffs, if they end up being subpar, then Chicago might actually have two shots at the lottery. Now, all of the replies are going out there and saying, “Okay, yeah, I mean, the Panthers, they’re not even close to a lottery team. The Panthers aren’t close to being a lottery team, even with Barov missing the whole year. Get out of here, lol.” The Arch goes out there and says, “Well, after playing around 300 games over the last three seasons and now being without Barov or Kachuck and with all the other injuries, it’s absolutely not out of the question that this 98 point team could end up in a lottery spot.” And that I think is an underrated point about it too. Head over to the NHL standings from the 2024 2025 season. Might I remind you the Florida Panthers, they were here 98 points in 82 games played. Yes, a playoff team, but they weren’t one of the top teams. You go over to the NHL, Florida was down there at 11th overall, which is not bad. It’s top half of the league. Of course, they still qualified for the playoffs, but I think most folks, myself included, kind of thought of Florida in 24-25 as a team that was just kind of taking it easy. They won the cup in 2024. They were a lot better regular season wise in 2024. And the idea was, hey, they won the championship. They made the finals twice in a row. Now, in 2025, they don’t really have anything else to prove, which is why they ended up acquiring Seth Jones at the trade deadline and making that big trade for a 2026 first. They’re like, “Hey, screw it. Let’s just make a trade. Let’s try to get a bigname guy. Seth Jones has term so we don’t have to go through the entire resigning thing with him and we can play him better than Chicago did, which is exactly what they did. He was a lot better with Florida than he ever was with Chicago that Seth Jones was. But the cost was that first round pick. Of course, the Panthers don’t care about it anymore. They won two straight cups and they could probably win a third depending on how well this roster does without Barkov and Kachchuck. But the point is Florida was still a 98 point team. Whether or not you believe they were just holding back or you believe this is the actual caliber of tier they are at remains to be seen because they did that with Bararkov and Kachchuck and now they don’t have those guys. So the question should be mentioned here because Chicago is going to be bad this upcoming year. They’re going to have a shot at getting Gavin McKenna. Is it worth paying attention to that Florida Panthers first round pick? And do you think it could actually give Chicago another chance at getting Bedard’s cousin? If you enjoyed this video, let me know in the comment section below. Leave a like rating. If you did not enjoy this video, then hey, feel free to hit that dislike button. It’s totally your prerogative. Comments help out with the algorithm, so I very much appreciate that. But I want you to let me know what you think about this Barov situation. Could it be helping out Chicago with McKenna? I hope you’ve enjoyed this British Ash 999 and bye.

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We’re going over the injury to Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, and how it could inadvertently help out the Chicago Blackhawks in a huge way.

This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Aleksander Barkov was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2013 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 24 of the draft went as follows:

1st – Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon
2nd – Florida Panthers, Aleksander Barkov
3rd – Tampa Bay Lightning, Jonathan Drouin
4th – Nashville Predators, Seth Jones
5th – Carolina Hurricanes, Elias Lindholm
6th – Calgary Flames, Sean Monahan
7th – Edmonton Oilers, Darnell Nurse
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Ristolainen
9th – Vancouver Canucks (from New Jersey Devils), Bo Horvat
10th – Dallas Stars, Valeri Nichushkin
11th – Philadelphia flyers, Samuel Morin
12th – Phoenix Coyotes, Max Domi
13th – Winnipeg Jets, Josh Morrissey
14th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Alexander Wennberg
15th – New York Islanders, Ryan Pulock
16th – Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota Wild), Nikita Zadorov
17th – Ottawa Senators, Curtis Lazar
18th – San Jose Sharks (from Detroit Red Wings), Mirco Mueller
19th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from New York Rangers), Kerby Rychel
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from San Jose Sharks), Anthony Mantha
21st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Frederik Gauthier
22nd – Calgary Flames (from St. Louis Blues), Emile Poirier
23rd – Washington Capitals, Andre Burakovsky
24th – Vancouver Canucks, Hunter Shinkaruk
25th – Montreal Canadiens, Michael McCarron
26th – Anaheim Ducks, Shea Theodore
27th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles Kings), Marko Dano
28th – Calgary Flames (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Morgan Klimchuk
29th – Dallas Stars (from Boston Bruins), Jason Dickinson
30th – Chicago Blackhawks, Ryan Hartman
23rd – Colorado Avalanche, Conner Bleackley
24th – Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim Ducks), Jared McCann

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